July '15 - starting our 2nd trimester

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LOL hahaha! Let me know how you get on!!

We failed miserably with dd - we were way too exhausted to fight anyone so just got internally pissed off! I think mil did some washing for us though and my mum loaded/unloaded the dishwasher a few times. Eeek, just thinking about doing it all again

Touch - my bump appeared overnight last night. MIL just asked if I'm sure it just one

Mister tricky about your hen do. I would have thought you would feel physically up to it at 32 weeks, & seeing old friends is always a big pull for me, but the idea of sharing a room with multiple people who will be boozing just leaves me cold since parenthood dawned… I'm actually planning a weekend away with university friends at 31 weeks, but I know it won't be boozy at all which is the difference for me…

Threeplus can you get a "mother's help" in for the holidays - some enthusiastic teenager who will come over every morning/afternoon or something?

Hello LostSouls

Oh ceejay, I had that a lot with dd - it really got on my nerves and was actually upsetting towards the end because they thought I'd got polyhydramnios (too much water round baby). My sympathies hun xx

A belated hello to lost

mister I would also think you'll be fine to go to the hen do... Whether you'll enjoy it or not is another matter! Could you get a room on your own? Then you could go back early etc if you want to? I went to a friend's hen do (locally though, no travelling) at 39 weeks pregnant with my first and I'm so glad I did! It's so much harder now to organise a night out, it was lovely to have one last 'night of freedom!'

mister 3 of my best friends came away on my hen weekend at 35-36 weeks pregnant. However we stayed in luxury barn conversions and they all stayed in one together so they could all go home early/rest/lie in if they needed to. They came out at nights but left early all together. I think you would be absolutely fine to go but agree that sharing a room with a load of people you don't know, who will be drinking, would be pretty hideous. For me it would depend how close a friend they are!

Touch no movements yet. Ive read its because we just dont know what we are feeling, but Ive concentrated hard, and nothing. (Except looking like an idiot staring at my belly). Maybe soon.

I have a hen do to go to at 28 ish weeks - thinking of going, but it will only be an hour away, not 4, and I have no qualms about leaving early if I need to. Id be more concerned about the wedding (and since this one will be at about 38 weeks, 4-5 hours away, I very much doubt I will be there). Dont want to miss both though...

Is 36 weeks too late to start NCT classes? I seem to have booked for when I'll be 36-38 weeks.

BadIdeaBear First baby, you should be OK. 34 wks is more ideal. You want to do them at the end so you remember it.

Morning Ladies, been MIA, accidentally dropped my iphone in water my mum said it is a sign of things to come . How is everyone today? I am down with a cold, not good, was thinking I was lucky, not had one since becoming pregnant.

I think I'm feeling lo flicker but only in the mornings. It could equally be my digestive system!

16+1

Morning, I thought some of you might be interested to hear that I got a doppler yesterday (cheap one from Amazon). It worked great, and we heard the baby's heartbeat. I found it really reassuring as still finding it kind of difficult to believe I'm actually pregnant (I saw it on screen of course but that was 2 weeks ago). I'm 14 wks today, and thinking of telling work today too.

wildfire thats what my midwife said too. I'm sure I'll know when I get a huge kick in the stomach later on!

I was very relived to get a chance to hear heartbeat at 16 week MW appointment. Up until then It all felt like i'd imagined the scan and the whole thing really.

ceejay it's strange isn't it! Overnight all my work clothes were way too tight. I did an emergency ASOS order and have some lovely new stuff now but work still don't know so wearing a lot of long scarves!
For those with wedding/hen dilemmas is there any way you can just wait and see? Ie book things separately at a later date? im feeling your pain though. I have a pretty hideous wedding dilemma which I'm hurrying my head in sand about right now as I know the answer is not the one I or the bride will want to hear

It's really hard with these dilemmas- I am going to a wedding abroad when I am 32 weeks.
I have no idea how I will feel as I have never been 32 weeks pregnant before! However, I am perfectly accepting of the fact I may not feel like going and we have decided to book anyway and lose the money if we can't go.
MIL however thinks it's a stupid idea but then she takes to her bed with a common cold

For those first timers awaiting movement, it really is the best feeling however can be very strange. I am sitting giggling remembering my husbands face when dd1 was having a little stretch out near the end..30 odd weeks I just shouted omg I think the baby's arm or leg is about to come out of my vagina. His face of sheer horror and panic was hysterical. Became our joke with dd2, is the baby waving out at me yet? Strange but brilliant!

Sorry I've been away again DD is teething and we've had a tummy bug so not much chance to get online. My uterus popped out over night on Wednesday so I'm now sporting a teeny bump, it's not really noticeable under my clothes but I know it's there hope my bump won't be as big this time as I was almost immobile from 35 weeks last time (loads of fluid and a long 8lb12er!). This week I have decided on names, DP isn't getting a choice! And since you lot think it's weird I shan't tell you .

15w

Hope you're feeling better now beaker.

I'm desperate to hear some baby name ideas. DP and I have resorted to just shouting random object names or at each other, in a bid for inspiration.

PS. Not pregnant, just fat. Or at least that's what it feels like.

sophiebarrington I've actually been thinking of doing just that... There are a good few teenagers at my church that might be up for that...

I swear baby keeps moving to the front as my bump suddenly starts to feel like it's swelling and gets very firm to touch in a baby sized area - not wind, but a feeling I recognize from previous pregnancies. Don't remember it happening this early before though. No flutters yet though despite this being number 4.

15+6

Hi Ladies

Just checking in, been keeping up with you all.

I've had to cancel a hen weekend abroad as I shall be 36 weeks so even if I felt up to it the airline wont let me fly.

DH has his own business so will manage his time around the summer holidays to make sure he is home more. We have 2 teenage DC and DC3 is 8. I hope I am not being naive in thinking that DC4 will fit in seamlessly to our family. I have so much planned and even though this is DC4 it is just as exciting and we are in a 'different' place this time iyswim. This will be the first and likely only child I/we will have since I lost my Mum. In terms of visitors/support MIL is helpful if asked in terms of older DC and is only a 30 minute drive from us. We are a bit like Broody in terms of getting 'internally pissed off' with visitors so will have to look at ways to manage that properly nearer the time.

Baby will be in with us for any time up to 1 year approx. It has always been this way with previous DCs.

Will find out the sex and keep it to ourselves, baby names will be kept to ourselves too. I will share with you guys though :) so far we have a list of about 5 names in total.

We are out for a meal tonight which I am looking forward to :)
Heartburn and bad backache here but amen that the sickness/nausea has gone. Next investment is a preggy pillow

Joy & Beaker I hope you are feeling well soon.x
Miss You too x
Welcome Lost & Hello Touch :)

Hope you ALL have a wonderful weekend

17+1 (17+3 scan)

Hi ladies, been getting some horrible left sided periody pains, will call the midwife if they continue, although I have noticed bump is looking bigger today so possibly lots of stretching.

We are totally stuck for names TBH. Will be easier if it's a boy. We are likely to go for something fairly straightforward like John, Robin, Sam. I love names like Solomon and Horatio but DH doesn't! Who knows if it is a girl. I like Camilla but DH doesn't. DD1 likes Mary-Anne...

Wow some of us are 17 weeks already, it's definitely going quicker for me this time than with my first (now 15+6). Feeling movements suddenly makes it all very real, much more so than the scans I find. I have had a few wriggles and nudges over the last 2 weeks (I think, could have been gas!) but last night I lay on my stomach and baby objected very strongly, the kicks were so strong they really made me jump which DH found pretty funny!

Thanks for all the hen party advice. I think if it was close enough not to stay over or I knew most of the people going, or even if it was a smaller group, I wouldn't hesitate. The thought of sharing a room with 3 drunk almost-strangers while stone cold sober and heavily pregnant does not appeal I have to say! Plus the expense when we really need to be saving for mat leave. Then again I have had very few nights out since DS arrived (can count them on one hand) so maybe I should just make the most of it.

Arete I'm also hoping to keep baby in with us for the first year this time as I'll go back to work at 6 months but will (hopefully) still be breastfeeding at night. We moved DS into his own room at about 7 months but I had to get up 3 times a night (cold in winter!) to feed and settle him so was a complete zombie until he was about a year old, don't want to repeat that experience if I can avoid it! DS was/is a real wriggle monster though and we just couldn't sleep with him in the bed, have got a super king size bed this time though so maybe that will make it easier!

3rd day of no throwing up and being able to eat relatively normally, such a relief!

Oh names, I have absolutely no idea! DH is not from the UK and it makes everything so complicated trying to find a name that works for both. Haven't even started thinking about it yet but I'm kind of dreading it